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Liberty celebrate WNBA championship with ticker-tape parade in New York City

October 24, 2024
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NEW YORK — The New York Liberty celebrated their historic WNBA championship on Thursday in New York City.

A ticker-tape parade marched up the Canyon of Heroes to City Hall in Lower Manhattan, where a special ceremony was held to honor the city’s newest champions.

Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones and the rest of the team’s stars rolled through on floats, along with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

“Welcome to the sweet land of Liberty,” Hochul said, kicking off the City Hall celebration. “On behalf of 20 million incredibly proud New Yorkers, I say welcome home to our champion women. Let’s do it again next year!”

“This team is called Liberty, free to express yourself the way you want to be. Look at the players of this team, they personify the energy and the spirit of this city,” Adams added.

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Breanna Stewart, of the New York Liberty, celebrates with the crowd during the New York Liberty Ticker Tape Victory Parade & Rally on October 24, 2024 in New York City.
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It was a thrilling season for the Liberty, the WNBA’s final original franchise to win a title. They defeated the Minnesota Lynx in a dramatic Game 5 on Sunday for the first championship in the team’s 28-year history and putt an end to a 51-year professional basketball title drought in New York.

Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello, who hails from Australia, lauded her players and thanked the fans for their overwhelming support.

“From Day 1, I could see it in their eyes, the commitment to excellence, the buy-in, the accepting of the role, and then going out there and playing one game at a time. They’re amazing human beings — they’re wonderful players, but they’re even better people — so really, really proud of them,” Brondello said at City Hall. “I’m really, really proud to be standing up here. I feel like I’m a New Yorker. Just the way [the fans] got behind us, it’s something that I will never forget, but let’s play it back next year!”

Ionescu, who is from California, thanked the Liberty organization for drafting her No. 1 overall back in 2020.

“Knowing the work that we’ve put in to get to this point today, being at this parade [and] able to see so many people just celebrating us, I can’t put it into words what it means to be part of this community and I think I’m a New Yorker now,” Ionescu said, adding when asked about the parade, “Obviously, I’m new to this. This is the first time I’ve been able to be a part of this, but just being able to take it all in, seeing all the people who were in the crowd smiling, celebrating with their Liberty gear, it really puts into perspective what it means to bring a championship to this city, and how it takes everyone.”

Stewart, a two-time WNBA MVP and now a three-time champion, said she takes pride in being from upstate New York.

“It means a lot to be able to bring the first championship here. My first WNBA game was a Liberty game, when we played at MSG, so to be able [to have] a full-circle moment, come here, come back, bring the championship here … we’re not done yet,” said Stewart, who also won four national championships at UConn.

Jones, the WNBA Finals MVP, spoke about finally breaking through after losing last season in the Finals with the Liberty and twice earlier in her career with the Connecticut Sun (2019, 2022).

“Mt teammates are special, man. I love them. Everybody has sacrificed, Everybody has really poured into the team to make sure that we would end up being successful, and now we have the ultimate prize. We have something that can never be taken away from us, and that’s what it’s all about,” Jones said.

NY Liberty celebration at Barclays Center

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Sabrina Ionescu, of the New York Liberty, waves to the crowd during the New York Liberty Ticker Tape Victory Parade & Rally on October 24, 2024 in New York City.
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The Liberty will also throw a party for their fans in their home borough of Brooklyn on Thursday night, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Barclays Center.

“This championship is not only for us and New York City — it’s for all Liberty Loyals and our Brooklyn community! We are honored to celebrate at the iconic Canyon of Heroes, and also come together with our passionate fans at our home in Brooklyn,” Liberty CEO Keia Clarke said in a statement. “The community in the borough has embraced us wholeheartedly since we began playing at Barclays Center and we want to share this moment with them.”

Barclays Center, also home of the Brooklyn Nets, is located in Downtown Brooklyn near Atlantic Terminal and can be accessed on the Long Island Rail Road or the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q and R subway lines.

The parade was open for the public, but tickets are required for the Barclays Center event, which is sold out.

Map shows NY Liberty parade route

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The New York Liberty are celebrating their first WNBA championship title with a ticker-tape parade Thursday in New York City.
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The parade stepped off at 10 a.m. from Battery Park, traveling north along Broadway to City Hall, through what’s known as the Canyon of Heroes.

For more than 130 years, the Canyon of Heroes has set the stage for the city’s ticker-tape parades, starting with the grand opening of the Statue of Liberty in 1886.

The city has thrown 206 ticker-tape parades to date, most recently hosting a Hometown Heroes Parade for pandemic first responders in July 2021 and the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team in July 2019.

The last ticker-tape parade for a local sports team was in 2012 when the New York Giants won the Super Bowl.

Where to buy NY Liberty championship merch

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A New York Liberty fan reacts during the championship ticker-tape parade and victory rally on October 24, 2024 in New York City.
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The Liberty team store at the Barclays Center extended its hours this week for those hoping to dress the part in the latest WNBA championship merchandise.

The Brooklyn Fanatics store will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, featuring championship hats, shirts and commemorative gear like basketballs, pennants and more.

For die-hard fans, a Sabrina Ionescu signed jersey is the biggest-ticket item, listed online for nearly $900.

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Renee Anderson

Renee Anderson is a digital producer at CBS New York, where she covers breaking news and other local stories. Before joining the team in 2016, Renee worked at WMUR-TV.



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